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Chapter 9
Dissociative and Somatic
Symptom Disorders
Module Objectives
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What are Somatoform Disorders?
-What are some forms of somatoform
disorders?
What are the causes for these disorders?
How can they be treated?
Somatic symptoms
involving
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Somatic Symptom Disorder
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Somatic Symptom Disorder involves physical
______________________________________________
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People with this disorder think to a disproportionate
degree about the seriousness of their symptoms.
- They feel extremely anxious about them, and spend a
great deal of time and energy to the symptoms or their
concerns about their health.
Illness Anxiety Disorder
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Illness Anxiety Disorder is a somatic symptom
disorder characterized by the _________________
____________________________________________
People with this disorder fear or mistakenly
believe that _________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
I think I’m dying…
Illness Anxiety Disorder
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_____________________
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 Formerly called Hypochondriasis.
The fear or idea is
based on the
misinterpretation of
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
Overwhelming Fear and Panic
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They easily become alarmed
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
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to rule out or treat their
exaggerated or imagined illnesses.
 “I have a headache…I must have a
brain tumor!”
Does assurance
from doctors
reduce this worry?
People with Hypochondriasis often see many doctors,
looking for someone to confirm the illness.
Who does this disorder affect?
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The prevalence of this disorder in the general
population is not fully known, it is approximated
that this effects about _________________________
Throughout history this disorder was typically
associated with women as a “hysterical” disorder.
- ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
The development and course is unclear.
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This disorder is believed to be ___________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
It is widely agreed that Hypochondriasis is a
disorder of cognition or perception with strong
emotional contributions.
People with this disorder also
__________________________
_________________________
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This causes them to become quickly
aware and frightened of any possible sign
of illness.
Because Illness Anxiety Disorder is
new, _____________________________
__________________________________
 Anxiety disorders, as well as depressive disorders, were
commonly comorbid with Hypochandriasis:
- __________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
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 Approximately ______________ of people with this disorder
have another disorder present.
- Higher risk for somatic and personality disorders
Treatment
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CBT focuses on identifying and challenging illnessrelated misinterpretations and showing patients
how they can create symptoms by focusing
attention on certain body parts.
Medications are seldom used, but SSRI’s may be
considered.
This term was made famous by Freud, who
believed the anxiety resulted from unconscious
conflicts that was “converted” into physical
symptoms.
Conversion disorders
(Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder)
 Conversion disorders
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
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 Clients with conversion disorder show a
wide range of physical ailments:
-
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
Weakness
Disturbances of speech
__________________________________________
Cognitive impairment
Those who report blindness often can avoid
objects in their visual field, as well as those
reporting paralysis of the legs might get up
and run somewhere in an emergency and are
astounded they were able to do this.
-This can account for some who are miraculously
“cured” during religious ceremonies.
Statistics
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Conversion disorders are relatively rare in mental
health settings, often because people with these
symptoms are more likely to consult a neurologist
or specialists.
It was concluded that environmental stress,
especially sexual abuse, are common among
children and adolescents with conversion
disorder (Roelofs et al., 2002).
Unlike conversion
disorders that are not
under the person’s
physical control,
____________________
_____________________
____________________
for some form of gain.
 ________________________________
Factitious disorders
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______________________________________________
not for the purpose of any particular external gain to
become a patient.
- No apparent gain except _______________________
- Commonly referred to as Munchausen’s
Syndrome
Estimated that ~1% meet criteria for this disorder
- The course _______________________________
Patients with factitious disorders________________
_____________________________________________
of a physical or mental illness by a variety of
methods
- Contaminating urine samples with blood
- Taking hallucinogens
- Injecting themselves with bacteria to produce infections
Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another
(Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy)
This disorder is a factitious disorder, but really an
atypical form of child abuse.
The parent may resort to extreme tactics to create the
______________________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
The caregiver may exaggerate,
fabricate, or induce symptoms.
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Children effected are typically preschool age,
although there have been reported cases in children
up to 16 years old.
There are equal numbers of boys and girls,
however, 98% of the perpetrators are
female.
Treatment
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Few studies have evaluated the
effectiveness of treatment, but the
principle strategy is to identify and
attend to the traumatic/stressful life
event, if it is still present and remove
the sources of
___________________________
Psychological Factors Affecting
Medical Conditions
Disorder in which clients have a medical disease or
symptom that appears to _______________________
______________________________________________
 Clinical examples:
- _________________________________________________
- Denial of need for treatment for acute chest pain
- _________________________________________________________
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What’s Next?
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 Dissociative Identity Disorders